]]>Protester Screams Then Rethinks : Change My Mind | Louder With Crowderhttp://www.globalconflictmaps.com/2019/01/22/protester-screams-then-rethinks-change-my-mind-louder-with-crowder/
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:59:51 +0000http://www.globalconflictmaps.com/?p=2600With the government shutdown still in effect, Steven Crowder returns with one of the most controversial and timely Change My Mind’s yet: build the wall. Let the triggering commence.

Protest and conversation at the protest at a presentation about building the wall.

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]]>Tucker Carlson on the Republican Party, Trump, and Racism on The Rubin Reporthttp://www.globalconflictmaps.com/2018/10/29/tucker-carlson-on-the-republican-party-trump-and-racism-on-the-rubin-report/
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:42:19 +0000http://www.globalconflictmaps.com/?p=2583Tucker Carlson (Host of Fox News Tucker Carlson Tonight) joins Dave Rubin to discuss his upbringing, his frustrations with the Republican Party, his views on Trump and racism, Google censorship, and more.

Tucker Carlson says cable media and mainstream media have so discredited themselves and is so obviously propaganda. He says people how obsess on trump are destroying themselves.

Tucker references the ACLU action when in 1977, Frank Collin, the leader of National Socialist Party of America, announced the party’s intention to march through Skokie, Illinois. In the predominantly Jewish community in north suburban Chicagoland where one in six residents was a Holocaust survivor or was directly related to one. Originally, the NSPA had planned a political rally in Marquette Park in Chicago; however the Chicago authorities blocked these plans by requiring the NSPA to post a public safety insurance bond and by banning political demonstrations in Marquette Park.

On behalf of the NSPA, the ACLU challenged the injunction issued by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, that prohibited marchers at the proposed Skokie rally from wearing Nazi uniforms or displaying swastikas. The ACLU was represented by civil rights attorneys David Goldberger, who later became a professor at Ohio State’s law school and Burton Joseph. The challengers argued that the injunction violated the First Amendment rights of the marchers to express themselves.

Ultimately the NSPA did not march in Skokie, but marched in Chicago instead. The litigation left undecided whether the First Amendment applies to expressions of provocative and intimidating hate speech with fascist and/or racist ideas.

Tucker Carlson (Host of Tucker Carlson Tonight) joins Dave Rubin to discuss issues with CNN and other mainstream media, why he doesn’t focus on Trump, the importance of free speech, his thoughts on Fox News, and more.

Tucker Carlson (Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight) joins Dave to discuss his upbringing, his frustrations with the Republican party, his views on Trump and racism, issues with CNN and other mainstream media, the importance of free speech, and more.

The Rubin Report, hosted by American political commentator and talk show host Dave Rubin, is the largest talk show about free speech and big ideas on YouTube, according to The Rubin Report about section on YouTube.

Topics Dave Rubin frequently comments on include political correctness, free speech, politics, mass media, religion, foreign affairs, and what he considers to be the ideological split between liberalism and progressivism.

Each week Rubin uses logic and reason to have honest conversations about politics, polarizing issues, current events, and more. Dave goes one on one with thought leaders, authors, and comedians in ‘The Sit Down,’ moderates opposing voices in ‘The Panel,’ and gives his unfiltered thoughts in ‘Direct Message.’

David Joshua Rubin (born June 26, 1976) is the creator and host of The Rubin Report, a political talk show and podcast currently airing on YouTube, Rubin was formerly part of The Young Turks Network and Ora TV. He previously hosted The Ben and Dave Show and The Six Pack, a podcast and radio show on Sirius XM Radio.

Israel has replied that the International Amnesty report fails to acknowledge the violence directed at Israeli citizens.

The report focuses on the use of excessive force by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the beginning of 2011.

Excerpt: Freelance journalist and photographer shot by rubber bullets

Mohammad al-Azzah, 23, a freelance journalist and photographer, was shot in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet by an Israeli soldier after he had been photographing troops firing at Palestinian youths throwing stones on the evening of 8 April 2013. He told Amnesty International that soldiers and Border Police had seen him taking photographs from the balcony of the Lajee Center in Aida refugee camp as they fired at the refugee camp, from where children and youths were throwing stones.

“It was clear to the Border Police that I was taking pictures. After a few minutes, army soldiers came down from the gate. There were eight or 10 of them. They had guns with live ammunition and tear gas launchers, and they started firing towards the camp. They passed by me and saw me taking pictures. Then one soldier came back to me and told me to go home. I said that I was only taking pictures; I was doing no harm or posing any danger. The commander came and took the soldier away. The commander… was talking to the soldiers and pointing at me. He also made phone calls. I got a little bit worried and went inside, but I kept the door open and continued to take pictures. The commander, who was 10 metres away from me, was still pointing at me and making calls. Then I saw him shooting rubber bullets, one bullet at a time, sniping, towards the camp. He would shoot a bullet every one to three minutes. It was about 7.20pm, getting dark, but I continued to take pictures, especially of the commander, and the four soldiers around him now, who were always laughing.

The commander called one of the soldiers. I decided to stop photographing and go home. I closed the window, then came back to close the door, and one soldier shot directly at me. I saw the shot leave his gun… The bullet hit me in the right of the face and penetrated inside. I screamed, and my colleague, who was also working late, came running to me. He took me down the stairs and called an ambulance and then tried to call someone to get a car. When he opened the door to take me out, the soldiers shot at
the door. He yelled at the soldiers that they had killed me, and then decided to take me through. We ran out of the building and continued for 150 meters. Then a neighbor came and took me to al-Hussein hospital.”

Mohammad al-Azzah was quickly transferred to the Arab Society for Rehabilitation hospital in Bethlehem and had the first of two operations an hour after his arrival. Doctors removed a “cylinder rubber-coated metal bullet” that was lodged in his face and undertook reconstructive surgery. He spent 17 days in hospital. The day after he went home, Israeli soldiers raided his house.

Lawman and vigilante, fighter and peacemaker. He has played many roles in his career, but few seem as likely as an ambassador between the US and Russia. From disarming a nuclear weapon to helping with the War on Terror, can an actor become a true action hero, succeeding where countless politicians have stumbled? Steven Seagal joins Oksana to thrash out these issues.

]]>Clinton: How the Internet Can Save the Worldhttp://www.globalconflictmaps.com/2011/02/16/clinton-how-the-internet-can-save-the-world/
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:36:48 +0000http://www.globalconflictmaps.com/?p=1544Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Internet can allow people to achieve great things, but also do great harm. She says now is the time to discuss what if any rules should be in place concerning the Web.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says “debate about whether Internet is force for liberation or repression is beside the point.

2 billion people are no online — about one-third of the people on earth.

The Internet has become THE public space of the 21st century — the worlds’ town square, classroom, market place, coffee house and night club.

We need to have a serious conversation about the principles that will guide us.

The goal is not to tell people how to use the Internet.

— Hillary Clinton

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on Internet Freedom February 15th, at George Washington University in the School of Media and Public Affair’s Jack Morton Auditorium.

Clinton denounced the publishing of confidential US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks as an issue of theft rather than an issue of internet rights. She also denied allegations that the US had any role in coercing private businesses to stop providing internet to Wikileaks.

]]>WSJ: Obama’s Antiterror Policy Is Looking More Like Bush/Cheney Policyhttp://www.globalconflictmaps.com/2010/02/10/wsj-obamas-antiterror-policy-is-looking-more-like-bushcheney-policy/
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:03 +0000http://www.globalconflictmaps.com/?p=868In his May speech, President Barack Obama declared, “The record is clear: Rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.” President Barack Obama’s deadline has come and gone, and Guantanamo is still open. In part this is the result of political opposition from Americans—including many Congressional Democrats—who understandably do not want terrorists in their backyards.

Also, European allies, while rooting for Guantanamo’s closure, have been reluctant to accept more than a handful of detainees who are deemed suitable for release.

The Obama Administration seems to be retreating from goal for the KSM trial in New York, announced in November, to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other enemy combatants in civilian court a few blocks from Ground Zero.

The Obama Administration may lean toward the Bush/Cheney antiterror strategy in response to an American public that is unhappy with the lack of confidence in the administration and a perceived degraded national security staff.

Obama is taking criticism for making a farce of the U.S. Justice system by explaining the expected conviction and punishment of KSM with, “I don’t think it will be offensive at all when he’s convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him.” The Obama administration has argued that the reason for the trial in New York over a military tribunal is to show the fairness of the American justice system. Critics can’t help but point out the cognitive disharmony of a president deciding the verdict and punishment ahead of the supposedly fair trial in the U.S. Justice System.

Many Americans find it ridiculous to hold a trial for the purpose of leading an example of America’s democracy and superior justice system to terrorists. Those Americans believe any showcase of American democracy and justice would be hated just the same.

Obama is also taking criticism for his approach to interrogation. In August 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he had appointed a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of abuse by CIA interrogators. Obama also announced that the interrogation of detainees would be carried out by a new FBI High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG), instead of the CIA.

Critics have also questioned why the HIG wasn’t used to question the underwear bomber. It wasn’t fully operational.

The announcements by Obama and Holder caused a blow to morale in the ranks of the CIA — this coming almost three months after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and CIA Director Leon Panetta embattled over Pelosi saying that the CIA lied to her about waterboarding, and Panetta explaining that the CIA isn’t in the business of lying to Congress.

When the Christmas underwear bomber attempted to blow up a jet plane over Detroit, Holder ordered that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab be classified as a criminal defendant. He was only interrogated for 50 minutes — his right to remain silent honored.

According to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, fifty minutes was plenty of time to interrogate. Gibbs told “Fox News Sunday” viewers last month: “Abdulmutallab was interrogated, and valuable intelligence was gotten as a result of that interrogation.” Eric Holder told Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a letter last week that Abdulmutallab “more recently . . . has provided additional intelligence to the FBI.” Critics see that as a conflict with the assurance of Robert Gibbs. Critics also point out that intelligence gathered weeks or months later is hardly has valuable as intelligence gained in minutes after the bombing attempt — assuming terrorists back at base camp would cover all their tracks related to information that the underwear bomber could reveal.

Then, of course, there is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano reporting “the system worked” when in fact the only reason the system worked was because citizens subdued the bomber and put out the fire that the terrorist started. Reports came out that when the plane landed, passengers were not immediately evacuated from the plane, and were even treated rudely while sitting there for over an hour — sitting on a plane that had a bomb and contaminated air after a fire. Pilots were upset nationwide that it took so long to notify other pilots that were in the air nationwide, in case other terrorist may have been deployed. Napolitano praised the system because “within literally an hour to 90 minutes of the incident occurring all 128 flights in the air had been notified to take some special measures in light of what had occurred on the Northwest Airlines flight.” Pilot say 90 minutes is way too long to notify the other planes.

For many American citizens, they agree with the pilots. The discontent of the American people with the Obama Administration over national security issues may direct Obama to a more focused and effective antiterror strategy that looks more like the strategy of Bush/Cheney.

]]>The Daily Telegraph UK: Barack Obama Gets an ‘F’ Protecting Americanshttp://www.globalconflictmaps.com/2009/12/30/the-daily-telegraph-uk-barack-obama-gets-an-f-protecting-americans/
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:12:46 +0000http://www.globalconflictmaps.com/?p=345“Obama may have rather smugly given himself a “B+” for his 2009 performance but he gets an F for the events that led to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarding a Detroit-bound plane in Amsterdam with a PETN bomb sewn into his underpants. He said today that a “systemic failure has occurred”. Well, he’s in charge of that system.”

‘Other’ pieces not put together about Abdulmutallab from CIA observations in Yemen.

Obama took three days before speaking to the American people, emerging on Monday in between golf and tennis games in Hawaii to deliver a rather tepid address that significantly underplayed what happened. He described Abdulmutallab as an “isolated extremist” who “allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body” – phrases that indicate a legalistic, downplaying approach that alarms rather than reassures. [And Bush critics decried his stunned pause of 5 minutes and keeping the school children calm after being stunned by learning of the 9/11 attacks]

There has been a pattern developing with the Obama administration trying to minimise terrorist attacks.

Questioning the wisdom of closing Guantanamo Bay, and sending 90 Yemeni detainees now being held at Gitmo back to their country of origin.

Leftists put more effort into going after and demonizing the CIA and everyday Americans protesting our out of control government than they do terrorists.

Soft on terrorism and soft on the causes of terrorism

Obama’s sanctimonious pursuance of CIA operatives who he perceives to have engaged in “torture”. The CIA were assiduous in obtaining legal sanction in writing from Congress for all the methods that were used against terrorist suspects. Now the very people who fought so hard to protect America (and indirectly, the rest of us) are subject to politically correct opprobrium and a legal witch-hunt.